UN

Definition of UN

un-

prefix\ˌən, often ˈən before ˈ-stressed syllable\

Definition of un-

1: not :in-, non- —in adjectives formed from adjectives <unambitious><unskilled> or participles <undressed>, in nouns formed from nouns <unavailability>, and rarely in verbs formed from verbs <unbe> —sometimes in words that have a meaning that merely negates that of the base word and are thereby distinguished from words that prefix in- or a variant of it (as im-) to the same base word and have a meaning positively opposite to that of the base word <unartistic><unmoral>

2: opposite of : contrary to —in adjectives formed from adjectives <unconstitutional><ungraceful><unmannered> or participles <unbelieving> and in nouns formed from nouns <unrest>

Origin and Etymology of un-

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German un- un-, Latin in-, Greek a-, an-, Old English ne not — more at no

2

un-

prefix

Definition of un-

2a: deprive of : remove (a specified thing) from : remove —in verbs formed from nouns <unfrock><unsex>b: release from : free from —in verbs formed from nouns <unhand>c: remove from : extract from : bring out of —in verbs formed from nouns <unbosom>d: cause to cease to be —in verbs formed from nouns <unman>

3: completely <unloose>

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undecidability

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undefiled

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undefined

undefoliated

undeformed

undelegated

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undeluded

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undeserving

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undoable

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unself–consciously

unself–consciousness

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unsensitized

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unsentimental

unseparated

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unseriousness

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unserviceable

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unsexy

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unsigned

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unsmiling

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unsuitability

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unsurpassable

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untarnished

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untenured

untestable

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untrammeled

untransformed

untranslatability

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untrimmed

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untufted

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unvarying

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unverifiable

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unwaveringly

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unweathered

unwed

unweighted

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unwilled

unwinnable

unwomanly

unwon

unworkability

unworkable

unworked

unworried

unwounded

unwoven

unwrinkled

unyoung

Origin and Etymology of un-

Middle English, from Old English un-, on-, alteration of and- against — more at ante-